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Title: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Scribe on November 09, 2001, 08:46:35 AM
Devin The Dude
Just Tryin' To Live
2002
Rap-A-Lot Records

(http://www.rapalotrecords.com/images/Devin/DEVIN_cvr2.jpg)

1. Intro
2. Who is the Man
3. Tuff Love
4. Lac Vill
5. Cox Hound
6. Just Trying to Live
7. Ah Ha
8. Doobie Ashtray
9. Go Somewhere
10. Right Now
11. Zelda
12. Whatever
13. R&B
14. Yo Ho
15. Thankful.

clich here for review http://www.rapalotrecords.com/artist/devin_review.htm
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Big BpG on November 09, 2001, 09:44:33 AM
I cant wait... I love Devins first CD... hilarious

-Big BpG
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: antt213 on November 09, 2001, 09:46:35 AM
I'm waiting 4 this album have u heard anything off this.
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Murrow on November 09, 2001, 11:45:37 AM
I have been waiting for this album for AGES.  Songs like, "Fuck You" and "Just A Man" have made me drool.  A while back, Mel-Man was to be invovled in a lot of the production, Dre too.  I know they appear on this album though.  Dre produced, "Yo Ho."
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Diamond_Joe_Quimby on November 30, 2001, 12:49:16 AM
I can't wait :-X
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: teecee on November 30, 2001, 07:27:04 AM
Ya, this album is gonna be hot; i loved Devin's first one and this one is probably gonna surpass it.
   DJ Premier produced Doobie Ashtray and it is supposed to be incredible, and i know that Timbaland also produced a song that is suppossed to be the first singel, but i can't remember what song it is......
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Murrow on November 30, 2001, 07:52:05 AM
Does anyone know how many tracks Mel-Man and Dre did?  It was supposed to be like most of the album, now I think it's like a few songs...if that.
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: teecee on November 30, 2001, 08:27:30 AM
I am pretty sure dre did two tracks, or maybe it was 3.  As for mel, i don't know what he did.
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Suga Foot on December 07, 2001, 06:32:31 PM
Do y'all remember that 2001 leftover "Off Da Chains"?  That might be on the album under a different name.
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Murrow on December 08, 2001, 03:03:56 AM

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Do y'all remember that 2001 leftover "Off Da Chains"?  That might be on the album under a different name.


Was it just a name, or has someone here heard it?  That could be a possibility.
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Nosak on December 08, 2001, 12:35:26 PM
the song "keep goin" features devin  :o
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Nosak on December 08, 2001, 12:54:45 PM
his verse... just amaze me , n it's kool now bpg , i got the track  ;D thanks anyways dogg
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: closetothalimit on December 08, 2001, 12:59:31 PM
this is gonna be dope if Devin be keepin tha humour in his rap.
Should of done a song with Snoop though.
Those two are a tight combination of Fuck You
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Nosak on December 08, 2001, 01:05:51 PM
true both together always sound tight
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: antt213 on December 18, 2001, 08:16:09 PM
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Do y'all remember that 2001 leftover "Off Da Chains"?  That might be on the album under a different name

I remember platform did a story on devin and said that it was a new dre beat and platform said it was a sample of "superfreak" by rick james.
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Young Dan Iza on January 04, 2002, 03:11:32 AM
yo i heard a 2 minute clip of his new song doobie ashtray and shit is hot. i think that it was produced by dj premier. holla back if u want the song
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Murrow on January 19, 2002, 07:08:59 AM
Album got delayed, AGAIN!  It's not droppin this month, they didn't say when.  Rumors have been sayin Rap-A-Lot may not release the album.

:'(
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Murrow on February 26, 2002, 09:56:28 AM
Ok, the name of the album is called, "Just Tryin’ to Live" Because in this rap career, people just see different things of rappers in the videos and just think it's a certain way when it's really not. It's a constant struggle. It’s a lot of people that's involved in this project, I got the Odd Sqaud who I go way back with on the ‘94 album "Fat Enough for Everybody". I got a guy name Manchild on the album and on that song, "Just Tryin to Live". Production wise, I got Mike Dean, Rob, I did a couple of tracks, Suave House, DJ Domination nigga! He did a lot of the last album. My Coffee Brothers, I'm still waiting to hear from my dog N.O. Joe. I recorded about 35 songs to prepare for this album altogether. That was about 1 year and 9 months worth of work right there. It's been just non-stop since "The Dude" album. - Devin

Peep the rest of the interview @ Tha Formula.com
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: antt213 on March 16, 2002, 12:56:13 PM
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Album got delayed, AGAIN!  It's not droppin this month, they didn't say when.  Rumors have been sayin Rap-A-Lot may not release the album.

:'(


I think that's because emi {owns virgin} is cutting back they closed priority&dropped mariah carey so may be there dropping rapalot to.
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Nosak on March 18, 2002, 05:47:12 PM
dawm i hate when shit like this happens
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Mota on March 19, 2002, 08:24:25 AM
rapalotrecords.com

His latest CD "Just Trying To Live", picks up where The Dude left off, keeping with the formula that made him famous. The CD includes production by Dr. Dre, DJ Premier and the Coughee Brothers. The title track is one of Devin's favorites. "If there's any example of somebody who's been in this for a minute and is still trying to make something out of it, even though sometimes it feels like there's nothing, that's us" states Devin.

While the title track might touch the heart and mind, Devin and company don't forget about the lower extremities and outside indulgences that take a hold of life. "Cock Hounds" is somewhat a part II of "Show 'Em". "R & B" (Reefer & Beer) is an ode to what fuels his fire. The track features Country Dude, the alter-ego companion to his cool ass The Dude persona. And "Whatever", is a skit that examines how far a rapper may need to take it in order to be heard properly. The airy "Right Now", is about a true to life airplane occurrence, becomes a self-help session reminiscent of "The Dude's" "I Can't Quit". Its hook "Right now I feel so good inside/Won't let anybody out there bring me down/Trying to find a way to feel just like this every day"- is sure to become the mantra for a lot pf people in helping through the day.

The Dr. Dre produced "Yo Ho", and the body banger, "Some of 'Em" which features Nas, takes Dev a few steps out of his normal mode. "Doobie Ashtray" produced by DJ Premiere, looks at the material things in life and how little they really seem. Devin compares the loss of riches, bitches and rides to the remnants of joints and blunts that lie in ashtrays all over the world. "If you don't have any weed left, you can always go back to the "Doobie Ashtray", he explains. "But sometimes when you go back to that and it's gone you can feel like you lost a whole bunch of stuff. So to some people who have a lot of this or a lot of that, they lose it and go crazy". The most playful yet touching track of the set, "Ha Ha", is a song about finding riches while digging in the trash. "When I lived in Florida, I used to listen to WXRB. They would throw a lot of stuff away, promotional records, that were a little scratched and unplayable. So every once in a while we'd be walking by, I'd see something in the dumpster and grab it, and take it home and jam. Some kids would laugh, but they didn't know what gems I was taking home".

Title: August 27th? I sure hope so!
Post by: HairWuzEre on July 17, 2002, 01:16:34 PM
CDNOW.COM lists Devin The Dude's new album, "Just Tryin' Ta Live," as coming out on August 27, 2002!!! See what I'm talking about @ http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1749988025/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=DEVIN+THE+DUDE/itemid=1581817.
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: Rick on July 17, 2002, 01:48:09 PM
That's tight, for a little while, I wasn't sure if the CD was ever comin out..
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: .:Hercy Buggz:. on July 18, 2002, 10:34:48 AM
so the first single is  "It's a Shame" cant wait to hear that
Title: Re: Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live
Post by: west_coast_rider on July 18, 2002, 06:09:55 PM
this is what i found on mtv.com today

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Dr. Dre has produced "It's a Shame," the first single from Devin's second album, Just Tryin' to Live, due August 27. Dre also produced "Yo Ho" for the album, and DJ Premier is behind "Doobie Ashtray," while "Some of Em" features guest vocals from Nas and Xzibit. ...